Bruins extend winning streak, beat Coyotes 4-3

Tonight in game #31 of the regular season, the Bruins fell behind 2-0 to the Arizona Coyotes in the first period, but then the Bruins offense exploded in the second period with four goals. The game would end with the Bruins holding on for a 4-3 win.

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Quick recap

In the first period, at 12:22, Coyotes Nick Schmaltz scored a power-play goal, giving the Coyotes a 1-0 lead. At 13:02, Coyotes Nick Cousins scored, giving the Coyotes a 2-0 lead.

In the second period, at 8:40, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 4th goal of the season, cutting the Coyotes lead to 2-1. At 9:13, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 21st goal of the season, tying the game 2-2. At 11:31, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 9th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead. At 13:30, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 10th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-2 lead. At 15:00, Coyotes Michael Bunting scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-3.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

Game notes

Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 30 saves on 33 shots.

The Bruins led the game with a 59% faceoff percentage, in hits 29-24 and blocked shots 15-9. The Coyotes led the game in shots 33-26. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Coyotes went 1-for-2.

Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 4 shots. Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 6 hits. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Noel Acciari, Jake DeBrusk and Jeremy Lauzon were scratched for the Bruins.